# pez
## Basque
### Noun

pez
* instrumental indefinite of pe

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pez (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin pix, picem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpeθ/ [ˈpeθ]
* IPA: (standard) /ˈpeθ/ [ˈpeθ]
* IPA: (seseo) /ˈpes/ [ˈpes]
* Rhymes: -eθ
* Rhymes: -eθ
* Rhymes: -es
* Hyphenation: pez

### Noun

pez m or f (plural peces)
* pitch, tar
    Synonym: piche
* pitch, resin
    Synonyms: recina, resina

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pez”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pez”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pez”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pez”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pez”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *pácu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *páću, from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɛz/

### Noun

pez m
* sheep

## Old Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpet͡s/

### Etymology 1

From Latin picem, accusative of pix.

#### Noun

pez f (usually uncountable)
* pitch, tar
** c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, 53r:Et a tal uertud que ſi la ponẽ ſobre mill peſos de pez faz los feruir por ſu p̃p̃dat biẽ como si estudieſſen a fuego.And its virtue is such that if it is put over a thousand weights of pitch, it lights them due to its property, as if they were on fire.

##### Descendants

* Spanish: pez

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin piscem, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

#### Noun

pez m (plural peces)
* fish
** c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, 56v:[…] ca alli a una laguna q̃ ſe tiene cõ la. en q̃ a unos peces tamannos como un palmo. ⁊ no an eſcama nĩguna.[…] for in that place there is a pool in which there are large fish, the size of a handspan, and they have no scales whatsoever.
** Idem, f.92r.
    Et la eſtrella meridional de las dos que ſon en el uientre del pez poſtrimero en la figura de piſces a poder en eſta piedra […]And the northern start of the two that are on the belly of the last fish in the figure of Pisces has power over this stone […]

##### Synonyms

* pescado m

##### Descendants

* Ladino: peshkado
* Spanish: pez

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pez, from Latin picem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pī́ts (“pitch; resin”). Doublet of piche.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpe(j)s/ [ˈpe(ɪ̯)s]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpe(j)s/ [ˈpe(ɪ̯)s]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈpe(j)ʃ/ [ˈpe(ɪ̯)ʃ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpeʃ/

### Noun

pez m (plural pezes)
* pitch (dark, extremely viscous material made by distilling tar)
    Synonym: piche

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈpeθ/ [ˈpeθ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈpes/ [ˈpes]
* Audio (Bolivia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eθ
* Rhymes: -es
* Syllabification: pez
* Homophone: (Latin America) pes

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish pez, from Latin picem, from Proto-Indo-European *pī́ts (“pitch; resin”).

#### Noun

pez f (plural peces)
* pitch, tar
    Synonym: brea

##### Derived terms

* pez griega

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish pez, from Latin piscem, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Compare peje, Italian pesce, Portuguese peixe, Romanian pește.

#### Noun

pez m (plural peces)
* fish (especially while alive)
    Synonym: peje
* (informal) idiot, dimwit
    Synonyms: idiota, zonzo

##### Usage notes

* The noun pez is used when referring to live fish, as opposed to pescado, used to refer to a fish once it has been hooked, taken from the water, cooked, served as food, etc.

##### Derived terms

* beber como un pez
* como pez en el agua
* estar pez
* pececillo
* pececito
* pecera
* pez arco iris
* pez ballesta
* pez cebra
* pez cirujano
* pez cofre
* pez corneta
* pez de leche
* pez de limón
* pez de oro
* pez disco
* pez dorado
* pez espada
* pez gato
* pez globo
* pez gordo
* pez león
* pez loro
* pez luna
* pez mandarín
* pez mantequilla
* pez payaso
* pez plano
* pez pulmonado
* pez remo
* pez sierra
* pez vela
* pez volador
* por la boca muere el pez
* que te folle un pez
* quien quiera peces, que moje el culo

##### Related terms

* ictícola
* ictíneo
* peje
* pescado
* pescar
* piscina

### Further reading

* “pez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10